Scientists know of over a dozen planets that orbit twin stars like the fictional “Star Wars” desert planet Tatooine.

Astronomers have found thousands of exoplanets — worlds beyond our solar system. Most of them are in single-star systems, ...

A new planet like Star Wars' Tatooine detected outside of our solar system may orbit two failed stars, scientists reported ...

"Polar orbit" means that instead of orbiting in the same plane as where the two stellar objects are located, the planet’s orbit is 90 degrees to that plane, as you can see in the image above. This ...

Pluto is back! His adventures searching for the mysterious dwarf planets continue! Welcome to SolarBalls! Space animation filled with fun, entertaining animations that also help you learn about the ...

Astronomers have discovered two new exoplanets that are similar to other worlds found in the Milky Way, but are unlike any in our own solar system. The two exoplanets, or planets outside of our ...

Carbon dioxide has been detected on a planet outside our solar system for the first time ... formation compares to that of a star or brown dwarf, the term given to large gaseous planets that ...

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – We’re calling all Toy enthusiasts! Get ready for everything from Barbie dolls to action figures. The Great Ohio Toy Show is back! Rob Eldridge, owner of Route 68 Vintage ...

Not every large object in space forms part of a solar system ... classified either as “free-floating planets,” which form inside a star system, but are thrown out by the gravitational force ...

This distant orbathing red dwarf star, at about 47 light-years distance from Earth, presents unique planetary attributes different from all known solar system planets. Scientific classification names ...

Astronomers used JWST data to learn more about an unusual place called Enaiposha, that orbits a red dwarf star about ... are the most common type of planet known to exist in the Milky Way, but they ...

The Kuiper Belt is a region in space beyond the orbit of Neptune that's home to Pluto and most of the known dwarf planets, as well as some comets that are thought to be relics of the solar system ...